Virtual reality devices and accessories

Abstract

Systems and methods disclosed provided a virtual reality experience, including: a set of motorized pads for coupling to feet of a user; a means of communication between the set of motorized pads and a computing environment operating a virtual reality headset; such that the set of motorized pads are configured to provide pressure on a user's feet as an avatar within a virtual environment traverses the environment. Systems and methods disclosed further provide a multiuser virtual reality experience. Systems and methods disclosed further provide a multiuser experience including generation of a common environment viewable in the virtual reality headsets; and recording a tour including audio data as the first user describes the common environment.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A system for providing a virtual reality experience, comprising:
 a. a set of motorized pads for coupling to respective feet of a user; and 
 b. a means of communication between the set of motorized pads and a computing environment operating a virtual reality headset; 
 c. such that the set of motorized pads are configured to provide pressure on a user's feet as an avatar within a virtual environment traverses the environment, and 
 d. wherein the set of motorized pads includes a left pad and a right pad, corresponding to a user's left foot and right foot, and wherein the set of motorized pads are configured to provide pressure on the user's left foot as an avatar within the virtual environment steps down on the virtual environment with their left foot, and wherein the set of motorized pads are configured to provide pressure on the user's right foot as an avatar within the virtual environment steps down on the virtual environment with their right foot, wherein a speed of providing pressure, and a force of pressure, varies depending on whether the avatar is walking or running. 
 
     
     
       2. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the means of communication is an RF link. 
     
     
       3. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the means of communication is a wired link. 
     
     
       4. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the avatar is a player character in a videogame. 
     
     
       5. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the avatar is a character in a virtual tour. 
     
     
       6. The system of  claim 1 , wherein if the avatar is standing within the virtual environment, the motorized pads provide constant pressure on each foot. 
     
     
       7. The system of  claim 1 , wherein the motorized pads are disposed on a surface on which a user rests their feet, or within user footwear. 
     
     
       8. A method of providing a multiuser virtual reality experience including a page tour of a social networking page, comprising:
 a. configuring a server to communicate with a first user computing environment, the first user computing environment coupled to a first virtual reality headset, the first user computing environment configured to generate a first avatar corresponding to a first user, the first avatar situated within a common environment viewable in the first virtual reality headset; and 
 b. configuring a server to communicate with a second user computing environment, the second user computing environment coupled to a second virtual reality headset, the second user computing environment configured to generate a second avatar corresponding to a second user, the second avatar situated within the common environment viewable in the second virtual reality headset, 
 c. wherein the common environment includes a display of visual depictions of entries from a social networking page, the visual depictions including one or more links to other pages corresponding to the entries, such that the first user is enabled to provide a page tour to the second user. 
 
     
     
       9. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the server is a social networking server. 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 8 , further comprising configuring the server to allow the first user to provide audio commentary before, during, or after, the page tour. 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 10 , further comprising recording the page tour and the audio commentary for later playback. 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 8 , further comprising configuring the server to allow the first user to indicate entries on the social networking page, and wherein the indication of entries is via the first avatar pointing at the entry. 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 8 , wherein the entries include textual entries, audio entries, photographic entries, or video entries. 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 8 , further comprising receiving an asset from a third-party source distinct from the social networking page corresponding to the first user, and configuring the server to allow the page tour to include the received asset. 
     
     
       15. A non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising instructions for causing a computing environment to perform the method of  claim 8 . 
     
     
       16. A method of providing a multiuser virtual reality experience including a page tour of a social networking page, comprising:
 a. configuring a server to communicate with a first user computing environment, the first user computing environment coupled to a first virtual reality headset, the first user computing environment configured to generate a common environment viewable in the first virtual reality headset; and 
 b. recording a page tour including audio data as the first user describes the common environment, 
 c. wherein the common environment includes a display of visual depictions of entries from a social networking page, the visual depictions including one or more links to other pages corresponding to the entries, such that the first user is enabled to record a page tour.